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the Colonial Economical Committee; sooner or later we must suc- 

 ceed in procuring from German Colonie's most of the tropical pro- 

 duce required by Germany. 



Finally we must mention the colonisation of the mountain dis- 

 tricts in our Colonies : The time for introducing German Farmers 

 has not yet come ; we must begin by experimenting with the 

 breeding of cattle and at the same time introducing Hill cultivation, 

 like Coca, Cinchona, Tea, &c. As private enterprise is not likely 

 to undertake such experiments, it is the duty of Government to 

 smooth the way by starting small experimental plantations. 



W. R. R. 



i-jth May, 1902. 



SOIL ANALYSIS. 



Results oi an Analysis made at the Imperial and Royal Agri- 

 cultural-Chemical Experimental Station at Vienna, Austria; by 

 Director Dr. DAFERT, of soil taken from Perhentian Tinggi Estate, 

 Negri Sembilan ; the Estate is situated about 16 miles from the 

 sea, on the watershed of rivers Linggi to the West and Rembau 

 to the East, at the southern extremity of the Gunong Angsi range, 

 at an elevation of about 500 feet above the sea. 



Loss in Insoluble Phosphoric 

 Water, burning, in Muriatic acid. Potash, Nitrogen, 



acid. 



Sample from jungle adjoining: 



Field No. 1 - 3 54 



11-58 



85-8 



• -07 



•24 



•22 



„ 2 4*20 



1775 



73-8 



•07 



•16 



•23 



3 - 2 "98 



7-17 



93*4 



•04 



•20 



•14 



„ 4 - 2'48 



7-08 



91-4 



•05 



•21 



•10 



5 " 2 '93 



8*81 



88-6 



•06 



•1 1 



•13 



Sample from fields 



which had been 



opened from 5 to 3 



years : 



Field No. 1 - 1*35 



6-31 



92.0 



•08 



•23 



•08 



2 - 4-20 



1778 



71*4 



•01 



.08 



•17 



3 - 579 



2-63 



93'8 



•09 



,£ 5 



•07 



„ 4 -2-io 



8-82 



93-6 



•09 



•21 



•1 1 



„ 5 - r8o 



8-36 



85-6 



•07 



•14 



•1 1 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



COCO-NUTS. 



Pekmatang Estate, 



JlJGRA. 



Se/angor, 24H1 Apt il, /po2. 



The Editor 



Agricultural Bulletin. 



Dear Sir, 



It is gratifying to notice by recent correspondence appearing 

 in your paper that interest is at last being aroused amongst 



